Author: FM College Admin

  A growing portion of rebate programs now recognize networked lighting control systems. Here’s how to take advantage. “Money on the table.” That’s how utility rebates are often described. This enduring and widely available form of utility demand-side management policy offers cash incentives to install equipment that reduces ongoing energy costs. By encouraging its customers…

  Janitors are often the behind-the-scenes heroes of facility maintenance, keeping everything clean, stocked, and sanitized. They support health and safety and hygiene and they’re often responsible for visitors’ first impression of your building. In a study conducted between 2021 and 2022, 49 per cent of facility managers confirmed that their janitorial team is in-house,…

There has been a recent rise in companies beginning to look at their wider emissions footprint, fueled by increased scrutiny of emission disclosures. Previously, focus has been limited to emissions with easily accessible data – Scope 1 and 2 (typically natural gas, electricity, fleet vehicles, diesel and refrigerant gases). However, with recently published figures from…

  Drinks giant Diageo has announced plans to invest $525,000 in innovations that can monitor and lessen the impact of the climate and water crises on smallholder farms in Africa. The company announced last week it had launched three “challenges,” which would see hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on innovations designed to improve farmers’…

  PlanRadar, a leading digital construction, real estate and facilities management platform, has published a new report on emerging trends set to dominate the global specification community. The Architecture of the Future is the first in a series of specially-produced architecture and construction reports. This important analysis of evolving preferences draws data from 12 countries…

  Long-term planning is essential to keeping campus facilities contemporary. Here are five signs that you’re overdue to complete a new master plan. Facility managers often spend a lot of their days putting out fires and don’t always have the luxury or the freedom to shift from being reactive to proactive. Universities are made up…